Northwest history. China 1. Accidents.

SHANGHAI, Feb. 21. (/P)—
Eighty-one persons were
killed, 120 were injured and
10 were missing today after an
explosion in two gasoline vulcanizers in a Chinese rubber
factory in East Shanghai.
Fifty in Hospital.
Of the 120 injured, 50 were taken
to hospitals while the remainder escaped with only slight injuries.
These figures appeared to be the
total toll of the blast as rescuers virtually completed a search of the
ruins. Police had believed earlier
that the death toll might reach 200.
Of the known dead 79 were girls.
The bodies of the victims were
placed in a vacant lot near the factory while relatives sought to identify
them. Virtually all the bodies were
badly burned.
A number of the injured taken to
hospitals were reported to be gravely
burned and it was feared some of
them would die. Searchers digging
into the ruins said that they expected
to find the bodies of the 10 missing
persons buried there.
Police said that they had not been
able to determine the c

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SHANGHAI, Feb. 21. (/P)—
Eighty-one persons were
killed, 120 were injured and
10 were missing today after an
explosion in two gasoline vulcanizers in a Chinese rubber
factory in East Shanghai.
Fifty in Hospital.
Of the 120 injured, 50 were taken
to hospitals while the remainder escaped with only slight injuries.
These figures appeared to be the
total toll of the blast as rescuers virtually completed a search of the
ruins. Police had believed earlier
that the death toll might reach 200.
Of the known dead 79 were girls.
The bodies of the victims were
placed in a vacant lot near the factory while relatives sought to identify
them. Virtually all the bodies were
badly burned.
A number of the injured taken to
hospitals were reported to be gravely
burned and it was feared some of
them would die. Searchers digging
into the ruins said that they expected
to find the bodies of the 10 missing
persons buried there.
Police said that they had not been
able to determine the c